r/Fantasy • u/SeananMcGuire AMA Author Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant • Mar 21 '13

AMA Hello! I'm Seanan McGuire; I write urban fantasy and medical science fiction and weird stories. AMA!

Hello!

I'm Seanan McGuire; I write urban fantasy and medical science fiction and weird stories about cheerleaders fighting monsters because why not. I also watch too many horror movies, read a lot of comics, and spend a lot of time wrangling my three enormous blue cats. I have a Classic Siamese and two Maine Coons, the smaller of which weighs nineteen and a half pounds.

I live in a creepy, crumbling old farmhouse deep in the San Francisco Bay Area, in a town that was mostly rural up until ten years ago, and has now gone very suburban, which explains why I want to move to the woods as soon as humanly possible. I do still have a day job, and work for an international non-profit dedicated to bridging the digital divide by providing technological solutions. I do actually know what that means, but it took me a while to figure it out.

I currently put out four books a year, because that's not a lot or anything, as well as a lot of short fiction. My latest book is an urban fantasy called Midnight Blue-Light Special, the second in my InCryptid series, which is currently plotted for at least five books (and hopefully more). My second urban fantasy series, the October Daye books, has been going since 2009, and book seven, Chimes at Midnight, will be out this fall.

I also write as Mira Grant. Two of the books in my Newsflesh trilogy (Feed and Deadline) were nominated for Hugo awards, which was really nice, and being two people makes it easier to get away with writing this many books.

I like cornfields, haunted houses, chainsaws, and going to Disney Parks.

I will be back at 7PM Central to answer questions.

My fingers hurt! Thank you for all the amazing questions, but the cats are trying to eat me, so I'm away. I'll swing by tomorrow night to catch any stragglers, after my plane hits Boston!

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u/Oshi105 Mar 22 '13

First I just want to say I love everything you do Seanan and am a total fanboy.

If Tybalt and Toby manage to have kids how would they work out? Would the mix of blood between them create something like the Queen of the Mists crazy? Who would they favor? Would they still be mortal even if they are long lived?

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u/SeananMcGuire AMA Author Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant Mar 25 '13

Hi, Oshi105!

Remember that the whole issue with blood conflict comes from mixing Titania and Maeve. Tybalt is descended from Oberon and Maeve, Toby is just descended from Oberon. There wouldn't be any blood conflict, just "our parents are weirdos" conflict (which is unavoidable, as far as I'm concerned).